Tephrochronology and its application: a review

DJ Lowe - Quaternary Geochronology, 2011 - Elsevier
Tephrochronology (from tephra, Gk 'ashes') is a unique stratigraphic method for linking,
dating, and synchronizing geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or …

Zircon saturation thermometry

JM Hanchar, EB Watson - Reviews in mineralogy and …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The ability of crystalline zircon (ZrSiO4) to incorporate and retain trace element and isotopic
information, due to sluggish diffusion, makes it an indispensable tool for geochemists and …

Voluminous granitic magmas from common basaltic sources

TW Sisson, K Ratajeski, WB Hankins… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2005 - Springer
Granitic—rhyolitic liquids were produced experimentally from moderately hydrous (1.7–2.3
wt% H 2 O) medium-to-high K basaltic compositions at 700 MPa and f O 2 controlled from Ni …

Magmatic–hydrothermal origin of Nevada's Carlin-type gold deposits

JL Muntean, JS Cline, AC Simon, AA Longo - Nature geoscience, 2011 - nature.com
The Eocene epoch in the Great Basin of western North America was a period of profuse
magmatism and hydrothermal activity. During that period, the Carlin-type gold deposits in …

Anhydrous partial melting experiments on MORB-like eclogite: phase relations, phase compositions and mineral–melt partitioning of major elements at 2–3 GPa

M Pertermann, MM Hirschmann - Journal of Petrology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We present melt and mineral compositions from nominally anhydrous partial melting
experiments at 2–3 GPa on a quartz eclogite composition (G2) similar to average oceanic …

An experimental study of the kinetics of decompression‐induced crystallization in silicic melt

JE Hammer, MJ Rutherford - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Experiments were conducted to study the temporal evolution of feldspar crystallization
kinetics during isothermal decompression. Pinatubo dacite was held at 780° C, 220 MPa …

[HTML][HTML] LA-ICP-MS imaging in the geosciences and its applications to geochronology

D Chew, K Drost, JH Marsh, JA Petrus - Chemical Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) mapping is a
rapidly expanding field in the geosciences because of the wealth of spatial information it …

Granitic pegmatites: an assessment of current concepts and directions for the future

D London - Lithos, 2005 - Elsevier
Although many explanations have been proposed for the internal zonation of granitic
pegmatites, the most widely accepted model is attributed to RH Jahns. Jahns and Burnham …

Degassing and microlite crystallization during pre-climactic events of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines

JE Hammer, KV Cashman, RP Hoblitt… - Bulletin of Volcanology, 1999 - Springer
Dacite tephras produced by the 1991 pre-climactic eruptive sequence at Mt. Pinatubo
display extreme heterogeneity in vesicularity, ranging in clast density from 700 to 2580 kg m …

Crystallization of oxidized, moderately hydrous arc basalt at mid-to lower-crustal pressures: implications for andesite genesis

DL Blatter, TW Sisson, WB Hankins - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2013 - Springer
This study focuses on the production of convergent margin calc-alkaline andesites by
crystallization–differentiation of basaltic magmas in the lower to middle crust. Previous …